BOLING, Texas—In the small town of Boling, just as the moon goes to sleep and the sun shines anew, Shawn Chilek begins his daily journey.

Chilek lives in the country, but he works in Houston.

That makes him a super commuter.

His round trip commute to work is nearly 100 miles, every single day.

“You make a lot of choices depending on if you like where you live,” he said.

The government calls anyone who travels at least 90 minutes a day one way to work a super commuter.

And just like the price of gas itself, the number of super commuters is on the rise.

Since 1990, it’s up 95 percent.

Super commuters, on average, have to fill up about every other day.

“Today we should be lucky. It should be under $100, because we aren’t all the way to empty yet,” Chilek said as he gassed up.

He’s lucky, because his company pays for his gas.

But Josh Haynie, who also super-commutes from Boling, isn’t so fortunate.

“It’s about $100 every two days to fill my truck up,” he said.

And he foots that bill himself.